Academy Challenge Schedule :

Thursday:

All competitors will be welcomed to registration from 4pm on the evening prior to the events. An event briefing will take place at around 7pm. During the briefing the Task Committee and organisers will discuss local weather and possible route options. The technical support team will demonstrate the tracking systems and the safety support systems will be discussed. Pilots must share this information with their supporter.

Friday:
Competitors are required to report for the compulsory race safety briefing at the event venue, at 8.00am on the Friday of the event. During the briefing local weather and routing information will be discussed by a Task Committee drawn from the participants including discussion of one-day routes for the prevailing conditions.

The race will begin around 9.00am. Any change to this plan will be shared by SMS/group chat facility. During race hours, the pilot can only elect to walk or fly. No other form of transport is allowed.

The Academy event finishes at 4.00pm on Friday. Late finishers will be treated as follows:
– 10 points will be deducted from the pilot score for each ten minutes of lateness. The 1st second past 4pm results in 10 points being deducted, 20 at 10 minutes and 1 second, up to 60 points at 4:50 and 1 second.
– Over an hour late scores zero.

In any case where a competitor cannot make it back by 5pm on Friday they must call in and report back by this time. However, all their race points will be forfeited.

Any competitor may quit the race any time. However, they must inform the event organisers of it and must return their race tracker to the event HQ. Failure to report quitting or return their tracker could disbar the participant from future events.